María Valverde and James D'Arcy star in Gernika

An international cast for a film that will chronicle the Guernica bombing occurred in the April 26, 1937, which is the second feature of the Basque director Koldo Serra after Backwoods (2006).

We've all heard of Guernica , a town in Vizcaya and that was brutally destroyed during the Spanish civil war by bombs dropped by German and Italian planes. These supported the side of the rebels in the war and Guernica was an important center of communications for the Republican side.

It was the only municipality that suffered these attacks, but he became the most famous being represented in the famous painting by Pablo Picasso. A work that has come to be regarded as an icon of the great suffering caused by the war in humans.

The famous painting by Picasso

The history.

Gernika's argument takes us both to the mythical village as Bilbao, telling the love story of two journalists in the midst of war. She is Teresa ( Maria Valverde ), editor of republican press, he meets Henry ( James D ' Arcy ) an American journalist who is not going through a good moment and has been sent to cover the northern front.

Teresa will be attracted to it and wake up in Henry lost enthusiasm for his profession , wanting also infect him his desire to tell the truth of what is happening in the country. They are joined by Vasyl (Jack Davenport), Teresa and Russian chief political commissar in the Basque front which is interested romantically in the young journalist.

Photocall photograph published by the newspaper Deia

General information.

The script is the work of Carlos Clavijo, José Alba and Barney Cohen , the film is produced by José Alba (Sin Films) by Daniel Dreifuss and Carlos Clavijo (Travis Produce), Nahikari Ipiña (Sayaka Producciones) and Gernika, The Movie IEA.

In addition, it has had a close to six million euros budget and will be distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures , which is one of the most anticipated movies for 2016 Spanish.

Filming took place between May and June this year in several locations in the Basque Country, and recorded in English, Castilian and Basque.

Landscape filming location. Photography Koldo Serra.

The cast.

We start with the actress who plays Teresa , nothing more and nothing less than María Valverde , Spanish actress who has plenty of experience under his belt and a large projection both nationally and internationally.

The young actor began his film career at age sixteen in "The Weakness of the Bolshevik" , where he won over the critics and viewers obtaining the Goya for best actress. Since then he has not stopped between series, films, advertising and even video clips.

With "Three Steps Above Heaven" and its sequel "I want you" ended up earning a reputation well deserved, which has opened the doors to work even under the command of Ridley Scott in Exodus, and there is more to investigate a little to see apart from Gernika has several projects awaiting release.

Maria Valverde characterized as Teresa. Picture of Deia newspaper.

The other protagonist of this story of love in wartime is Henry , played by James D'Arcy . English actor began his career in 1996 working mostly in TV series and movies for television was in 2003 when "Master & Commander" became known to international audiences.

After it has been interspersed television and film, but it has been in recent years when his career is over to take off. Now it is well known and beloved by fans of the beloved Marvel embody Jarvis in "Agent Carter".

In addition to his brilliant work on the second season of Broadchurch. Having his acting talent is expected to soon see many more productions.

Henry James D'Arcy. Image obtained the official facebook of Gernika.

The umpire is Jack Davenport , whose character Vasyl could come between Teresa and Henry. son of actors Maria Aitken and Nigel Davenport, did not plan to pursue acting at first , but when he decided his career was unstoppable.

Soon became famous in the UK for the drama series "This Life" , from there it was involved in film and television with roles in films as well known as "The Talented Mr. Ripley" or the saga of "Pirates Caribbean " , which he combined with the hit comedy "Coupling".

Lately he has been seen in the American series "Flashforward" and "Smash" and has two other outstanding movies.

Jack Davenport as Vasyl. Photography official facebook of Gernika.

The cast will have more known Spanish actors and a very enviable future. Such as Alex Garcia , popular with audiences for his roles in such series as "Sin Tetas no paradise" or "Land of wolves" or movies like "Kamikaze ". But the canary player also has hardened theater and we have seen him recently on stage in the play "The Trickster of Seville".

We also find the presence of Victor Clavijo , who began his career making short films to make the leap to fame among young people "After school" , but this was only the beginning of an extensive filmography in film: "The Wolves of Washington "," GAL "as in theater and television, where we have seen lately playing Lope de Vega in the Ministry of Time and Francisco de Borja in Carlos, King Emperor.

Alex Garcia and Victor Clavijo.

As for the girls, Gernika has a lot of talent with names as Barbara Goenaga, Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson, Elena Irureta and Irene Escolar.

Barbara Goenaga began acting at an early age, and by participating in several series of ETB he became well known in the Basque Country. From there he decided to continue his career by moving to Madrid where he has been part of such series as "The Group", "Love is forever" or "Tell me how it happened" , while filming movies well known in our country: "The Cronocrímenes " , "No Return" or "Bypass" are an example of them.

Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson has gained increasing prominence in the Spanish cinema, and is the interpreter of Andalusian father and Swedish mother has proved its worth. He has appeared in the series "With outspoken" and in several films but it was with "Beautiful Youth" in 2014 when he gave the great bell. He received numerous accolades and rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival and since then has not stopped.

Barbara Goenaga and Ingrid García-Jonsson.

Elena Irureta is well known to fans of the small screen since participated in numerous series. Many will remember her for "after school" or especially "Commissioner" , where he remained twelve seasons, but has also worked in film and theater. Appears in Spanish renowned movies as "Take My Eyes", "Airbag" and "Hello, are you alone?". Lately we have seen her in "Blind Dating" and "Something to celebrate".

Irene School is set to be another great Spanish actresses future. Coming from a family closely linked to the interpretation, Irene has been formed (and still forming) thoroughly. It has a lot of experience in theater has since appeared in more than one fifteen works in addition to his work in film and television. Some of her recent roles have been "Juana I of Castile" in the hit series "Elizabeth" and June in the movie "An Autumn without Berlin" , roles that are devoting as an actress to take into account.

Elena Irureta and Irene Escolar.

And D'Arcy and Davenport, Gernika has also experienced international players as Burn Gorman (Torchwood, Forever, The Scarlet summit) and the German Joachim Paul Assböck (The Pianist, The Book Thief).

The team.

The film is directed by the Bilbao Koldo Serra who made his directorial debut on the big screen in 2006 with "Forest of Shadows" , a film full of suspense which takes place in a forest in the Basque Country where the protagonists are faced with a locals hiding a secret they want to keep hidden at all costs. The film had a great cast that highlights the name starring Gary Oldman.

But it was not the first time behind the camera for Serra, who has directed several short films and episodes of TV shows, music videos along with music for such famous bands as "The Dream of Morpheus" or "Extreme" . But he has also published a comic book of short stories titled "The Beast Day" and was the designer of the posters of the Fantastic Film Festival Bilbao (FANT) between 2000 and 2004.

Koldo Serra in the shooting. David Herranz image.

The story and screenplay is by José Alba, Carlos Clavijo and Barney Cohen. Alba is also the executive producer of Gernika and has collaborated on more than fifteen films , sometimes in production and distribution tasks as director, actor, writer and graphic designer.

Carlos Clavijo also co-produced the film . It is well known in the world of comedy therefore their monologues (New comic), or as a writer on the first season of "The Ant" as well as "Night without Truce" or "Telecompring". But he has also written several books on different themes , as are some of the mood of historic fabric.

Barney Cohen has worked hard for the American television, working occasionally as a writer, producer and consultant. mention their participation in the series "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" and "Lord of Darkness".

Also worth mentioning is the cinematographer Unax Mendía , nominated for a Goya for best cinematography for "No peace for the wicked" and has worked on other well-known films, "Grand Piano" and "Torrente 3" are examples. Besides having previously collaborated with Koldo Serra in Backwoods.

José Alba, Carlos Clavijo, Barney Cohen and Unax Mendía.

The filming.

The film was shot in various locations of Vizcaya , mainly in Guernica, Bilbao and Barakaldo but also in other towns such as Lekeitio. But Artziniega also moved in the province of Alava to record the scenes related to the bombing , while the devastating images after the bombs were shot in abandoned villages of Zaragoza.

The first weeks of filming focused more on the history of the characters , their relationships and all the deep part of the story. But also they had to achieve convert existing locations in areas that recall the civil war , in addition to clothing both actors and extras and all the scenery should be perfectly set in the time.

Atmosphere of the town in 1937. Image obtained the official facebook of Gernika.

Scene from a high society dance. Photograph by David Herranz.

All considered part of the "action" was filmed in recent weeks , with many special effects that give realism to a day that changed the lives of hundreds of people. The director Koldo Serra in a statement to the newspaper Deia qualify the film as a drama that is both a romantic, military and historical story.

The film will show the bombing , which many viewers will be waiting to see, but also see beyond the famous event through characters who make us live from their perspective what happened and how those terrible moments lived.

The film caught the attention of many people who did not hesitate to approach the castings to participate as extras in fact joined more than 1,700 participants in the first day in the city of Bilbao.

Both the cast as the team ensures that the work environment has been very good , something that we have seen with many of the photos I wanted to share actors, extras or members of their own team on the social networks.

It's a huge pleasure to see that besides working hard to raise the film had such a good feeling between everyone and must have been a real treat to have been part of Gernika.

Photo of the cast and extras honoring the film "The Shining". Photography Koldo Serra.

This image of Koldo and Mary on the last day of shooting the actress shows team bonding. David Herranz image.

Now we just wait to finish the post-production work , and we start to hear about the future theatrical release of the film. And we do not know about you, but I certainly am looking forward to see it.

Among the excellent team met and events he narrates, as part of our own history, it is one of the Spanish films to be considered for hopefully next year.

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